How much draft difference will I see by swapping the flues servicing my woodstove and furnace? My current setup is the furnace flue is thimbled in the basement into I believe an 8x8 clay flue. My woodstove is thimbled on the first floor into I believe and 8x14. With what seems to be a small amount of masonry work I could swap the flues servicing each unit. Does that make sense?
From all my lurking/learning around this forum I believe that I am at the very top of the spec as far as flue size for my woodstove and am likely not getting the best draft for the stove. I am new to burning so a draft issue is probably not going to be as obvious to me as it may be to some of you. The current setup works well and heats my home extremely well but I thinking with the change I may be even more efficient.
Just for some back round this is a brand new house and chimney. The chimney is interior as you can see and runs from the basement though the first and second floors and extends from the roof about 5 feet. The chimney run from the stove thimble to the top of the chimney I would guess to be around 20 to 25 feet.
Any thoughts?
Eric
From all my lurking/learning around this forum I believe that I am at the very top of the spec as far as flue size for my woodstove and am likely not getting the best draft for the stove. I am new to burning so a draft issue is probably not going to be as obvious to me as it may be to some of you. The current setup works well and heats my home extremely well but I thinking with the change I may be even more efficient.
Just for some back round this is a brand new house and chimney. The chimney is interior as you can see and runs from the basement though the first and second floors and extends from the roof about 5 feet. The chimney run from the stove thimble to the top of the chimney I would guess to be around 20 to 25 feet.
Any thoughts?
Eric
